ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 220892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip26.0 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone83.3%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute27.4 min → 26.0 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.7%▲ 2.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.6% → 83.3%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.3% ±3.1 pp
Carpool5.3% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.9 pp
Work from home7.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 23,814 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate51,396± — MOE
Workers age 16+23,814± 933 MOE
Workers with travel time21,989± 972 MOE
Estimated home workers1,825± 487 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.